Abstract
Participation is considered an important tool of development. Two mechanisms of participation are distinguished - deliberative and performative. Deliberative participation is vulnerable to capture by elites. A postwar agricultural reconstruction project in Sierra Leone experimented with a performative approach to participation, Technological dynamics served to focus attention on alternatives to patrimonial value systems. The article advocates further experiments in linking deliberative and performative participation.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 21-35 |
Number of pages | 88 |
Journal | IDS Bulletin-Institute of Development Studies |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2007 |
Keywords
- sierra-leone